University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, June 29, 1988
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Ground broken for Robert Dole center
By Michael Shunk
Kansan staff writer
Four University of Kansas administrators and Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole's administrative assistant rolled up their sleeves yesterday in the 99-degree heat and shoved out the first scops of dirt on the site where the new Human Development Center will be built.
The ground-breaking ceremony took place on the area just east of Haworth Hall.
The building, projected for occupancy in fall 1990, will be named the Robert J. Dole Human Development Center in honor of Kansas' senior senator. Dole was not at the ceremony, but his administrative assistant, Chris Bolton, came from Washington, D.C. to represent him.
The new center, which will be built with $9 million in federal funds and $3 million from private sources, will house KU's departments of Human Development and Family Life; Special Education and Language Teaching; Finance for Life Stem Studies; the Bureau of Child Research; the Gerontology Center; and the radio and television sequence in journalism.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig told the audience of about 50 people that the project never would have been possible without Dole's interest and support.
"His career in the Senate of the United States has been distinguished in many ways, but never more so than in his twenty-year record of work on behalf of disabled Americans," Buidig said.
"From our first approach to him he was very enthusiastic in his support and creative in his approach to the problem of funding. Throughout Senate consideration of this appropriation, he was involved closely in every discussion."
Bolton said that although Dole did not want his name on the new building, she thought it was appropriate because it represented a lasting and worthwhile accomplishment that Dole had achieved for the state.
Bolton also said that Dole was surprised at the honor.
"I don't know why they want to name a building after me, I'm not dead yet,'" she quoted him as saying.
Bolton then read a statement from Dole that praised the University and its efforts in starting the project:
"But as you know, bricks and mortar are only the building blocks. It is the depth of the commitment from you and the University community that are the real foundation of this new Human Development Center.
"In the near future, this center will come alive with the talents and energies of those who are at work here."
Along with Bolton, the KU faculty who joined in the ground breaking ceremony were Budi, Frances Horowitz, professor of Human Development; Ed Meyen, dean of education and head of the building committee for the project; and Richard Schiefelbusch, professor of speech, language and hearing.
Dean of social welfare named
Weick's experience in field, loyalty lend support in taking on new duties
By Carla Krause Kansan staff writer
Anne Weick, KU's new dean of social welfare, had her most challenging social work experience in 1963. Newly graduated from the University of Oregon, Weck and two other U.S. citizens in the Peace Corps were assigned to Turkey to help set up a child care program in Konya, a city of about 15,000 people.
"I chose social work because of the inequities I saw in society and the fact that many people needed help." Weick said.
She said the Reagan administration was in direct opposition to established programs.
"Under the Johnson administration in the late '60s, there were a lot of economic opportunities for social work," she said.
"In my view, the federal government is shirking its responsibilities in providing services to those who really need help." she said.
I chose social work because of the inequities I saw in society and the fact that many people needed help.'
Ann Weick Dean of social welfare
Ann Weick
Weick said that as a field worker she saw the fruits of her work directly, and even though there will be less linkage working as dean, she thought she could still provide the best possible care to the needy through her teaching.
Weick will become the new dean Friday. She was appointed acting dean last summer after the resignation of Dean Patricia Ewalt.
Born and raised in Portland, Ore. Weick graduated in 1962 with a bachelor's degree in sociology with a minor in psychology.
She got her first taste of social work while working as an intern at a public welfare office in Oregon during her sophomore and junior years of college.
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In Turkey, Weick said, she me the most challenging experience of her life.
"The children there were in good physical care," she said. "They had heating, linens and good food, but nothing constructive to do."
After earning a doctorate in 1976 from Brandeis University in
Weick returned to the United States after two years and earned a master's degree in social work at the University of California, Berkeley. She returned to Oregon in 1967 and worked at a family service clinic and a poverty program office.
wattham, Mass., Weick became a member of the KU faculty. She said she came to the Midwest partly because she thought that there were fewer opportunities in a coastal city because of stiff competition for academic positions.
Ann Weick
She has been at KU for 12 years. In 1897, she was given the Outstanding Faculty Award from the KU Social Welfare Alumni Society.
Weick said that her main interest of study was in social policy. She said she planned to continue to
"I think KU has a very strong social welfare school," she said. "We have an extremely accomplished faculty, and we were accredited last year for the full term, which is certainly a sign of its strength. But there's always room for development and refinement."
teach at least one graduate course in that area next year. As dean, she has no specific plans for changes in the program structure or curriculum, only improvement.
Participants ready for nuclear war
By Jeff Pitcher
Kansan staff writer
Dale Creed is preparing for a nuclear war.
Dale Creech is preparing for a hacker Tensions have been mounting in Europe since March. A build-up of Warsaw Pact forces has been observed, and NATO forces have responded.
A nuclear strike is expected in Kansas this morning. This is the scenario for emergency exercises this week of the Douglas County Emergency Preparedness department.
The department is having the exercise to test its preparedness in the event of a nuclear war. Originally, the exercise was to occur nationwide, but limited resources prevented it.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency requires that each state participate in a nuclear attack scenario every three years.
States were given the option of participating on a state or regional level. Kansas is participating on a state level.
city. It would be Creed's job to deal with it.
One envelope Creed opened informed him of an "end-of-the-world party" in Baldwin. According to the instructions, about 500 people were rioting and destroying the
The simulation is done to make officials aware of problems that they might not prepare for otherwise, Creed said. Casualties, evacuation procedures, lack of fuel and traffic jams are only a few of the problems that might occur after a nuclear attack.
Dale Creep, the coordinator in Lawrence, is assigned to open envelopes at designated times as the scenario progresses. Each envelope contains further details of the development toward a nuclear war.
The scenario is optimistic. It assumes there will be survivors.
"It's better to plan for survivors than to just ignore the fact that people might survive." Creed said.
Right now, one of his problems is what to do with the survivors. There aren't enough shelters in Lawrence, so people would have to be evacuated to counties south of Lawrence that aren't in the statistical zone.
At the height of the nuclear war scare in 1963, there were only enough shelters for 37,000 people, and at that time 50,000 people lived in Douglas County.
After Creed is notified of the nuclear attack, the scenario will shift to an imaginary time two weeks after the attack. Problems such as fuel shortage, looting and army desertion are expected to be prominent.
"It's mostly an exercise on paper," Creed said. "There won't be any physical movement of people."
People who are involved with emergency preparedness need to know who to notify in different situations, he said.
The scenario that the officials are playing isn't just helpful for a nuclear war, Creed said. It's helpful for any kind of disaster.
"We'd have a similar effect if a large tornado went through downtown Lawrence," he said. "We'd have refugees and destruction."
for Creed, the exercise isn't much fun. "It's depressing to think about," he said. "Our whole way of life would be changed. We don't have a lot of community support for this exercise, but I think it's better to be prepared than to ignore it and hope that it goes away."
Endowment Association rebuilds after crash
Program promotes leadership
Endowment Association. However, assets have regained 8 percentage points from an increase in stock values since then.
By Carla Krause
Kansan staff writer
Four days before the crash, the Dow stood at 2,508; on Oct. 19 it dropped to 1,739. It hit 2,152, the highest level since the crash, on June 22 and stood at 2,130.87 yesterday.
Kansan staff writer
In response to a national reform movement, the School of Education has developed a program to better prepare educators, allowing them more opportunities and advancement in their field.
The Instructional Leadership Program is a doctoral program option offered by the curriculum and instruction department. It was developed by the other school districts and the Learning Exchange in Kansas City, Mo.
Davis said as of May 31, the Endowment Association's complete assets totaled $205 million, of which 85 percent was invested in the stock market.
The program combines teachers and administrators' roles of instruction and leadership, giving teachers more authority in developing and managing school systems while they keep close ties to the classroom.
As the stock market continues to rebound after the Oct. 19 crash, investors who survived the setback are breathing sighs of relief. The Kansas University Endowment Association is one of those investors.
Paul Haack, associate dean of education, said that KU was the first university to offer such an extensive program that combined leadership and instructional roles.
Bruce Cooper Research director, KNEA
Our position is that teachers ought not be evaluating other teachers for employment positions, but we are in favor of teachers having more input in the school system.
ted to the program this spring after being nominated by their districts. Along with meeting the usual graduate school requirements, Sundybe said, the students must have been in the field for at least five years and must be considered leaders by their colleagues.
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The program prepares teachers for a "lead teacher" role in which the teacher has more responsibility in staff development, curriculum planning, management of resources and parent communication.
Willie Amison, student in the program and principal of East Heights Elementary School in Lawrence, said that he enrolled in the program to become an expert instructional leader and that he thought the teacher's and principal's roles would be enhanced rather than diminished with the addition of the lead teacher.
Twenty-one graduate students, teachers and administrators in sur-ru-
des schools.
By Michael Shunk
Kansan staff writer
Nita Sundayb, professor of education, said that although teachers would have more authority in these areas, the object of the program was not to create a new role in the school district, but to offer teachers and administrators training that they normally got on the job.
As a result of the 508-point drop of the Dow Jones industrial average, the Endowment Association's assets plummeted 12 percent, said Jeff Davis, treasurer of the
In his proposal for the development of the program, Ed Meyen, dean of education, said that the Rochester, N.Y., school district initiated a lead teacher program which included a lead teacher model that earned up to $88,500.
"Our position is that teachers ought not be evaluating other teachers for employment positions, but we are in favor of teachers having more input in the school system," he said.
Bruce Cooper, research director for the Kansas National Education Association, a teachers union, said he liked most aspects of the proposal.
During the first year of the program, the students progress through a block of instructional leadership courses and seminars together while completing other graduate school requirements individually.
Sunday said that the students better learned from working together.
Wendell Mohling, a science teacher who represented the Shawnee Mission School District in the planning of the program, said that he thought the students together were one of the main benefits of the program.
"It allows them to really get to know each other and form a support system. They can also own pattern of core requirements and electives," Sundee said.
"The 21 instructional leaders are able to gain more from each other by exchanging ideas and background experiences," he said.
During the program's second year, the students research and prepare their dissertations. Sundbye said that because the faculty gave so much time to the program, they weren't sure whether they would limit a new course or just continue with the program next summer or wait two years until the present group finishes.
Meyen said, "Our initial plan was to first see the first group of students through the two-year cycle and then respond according to the demand of the program."
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